Facilities and Services for Students with Disabilities
Our office of Disability Services helps those with physical or intellectual disabilities receive services available to them. Information is also available in our Catalog on pages 108, 413 and 419 and page 13 in our Student Handbook.

Student DiversityInformational categories are found in the IPEDS Fall Enrollment Report (race/ethnicity and gender) and in the IPEDS Financial Aid Survey (Federal Pell Grant recipients).

Cost
Cost of Attendance informs you of the price of attending the college, including tuition and fees, books and supplies, room and board, transportation costs, and any additional costs for a program in which you are interested or enrolled.

Net Price Calculator
In accordance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), each postsecondary institution in the United States that participates in Title IV federal student aid programs must post a Net Price Calculator on its website that uses institutional data to provide estimated net price information to current and prospective students and their families based on a student’s individual circumstances. The net price calculator is required for all Title IV institutions that enroll full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduate students.

Accreditation, Approval and Licensure of Institution and Programs
Sandhills Community College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees, certificates and diplomas. Contact information for this accrediting agency is detailed on page 2 of the printed catalog, as well as on this website. In addition, some individual instructional degree programs maintain specific accreditation by specialized professional agencies. Such specific program accreditations are detailed with the individual degree program information within the current catalog pages 134-209. To obtain copies of documents describing college or program accreditation approval or licensing, contact Dr. Kristie Sullivan, Dean of Planning and Institutional Research at (910) 695-3907 or sullivank@sandhills.edu.

Copyright Infringement -Policies and Sanctions (Including Computer Use and File Sharing)
Copyright infringement is the act of exercising, without permission or legal authority, one or more of the exclusive rights granted to the copyright owner under section 106 of the Copyright Act (Title 17 of the US Code). These rights include the right to reproduce or distribute a copyrighted work. In the file-sharing context, downloading or uploading substantial parts of a copyrighted work without authority constitutes an infringement.

Penalties for copyright infringement include civil and criminal penalties. In general, anyone found liable for copyright infringement may be ordered to pay either actual damages or “statutory” damages affixed at not less than $750 and not more than $30,000 per work infringed. A court can, in its discretion, also assess costs and attorneys’ fees. For details, see Title 17, US Code, Sections 54,505.

Willful copyright infringement can also result in criminal penalties, including imprisonment of up to five years and fines of up to $250,000 per offense. For more information, please see the website of the US Copyright Office and the college’s Acceptable Use Policy.